Bearverkill

Classic Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #10 (??)

Thread: claret or red

Materials-

rib: gold oval tinsel

body: white floss or white dubbing

wings: light mottled duck quill

front hackle: brown hen

Notes:

Ingredients are guesses from the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury

The wing was originally curlew.

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